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Western White-cheeked Hairy-Cellophane bee
Trichocolletes leucogenys
Trichocolletes leucogenys is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2012 by Australian entomologists Michael Batley and Terry Houston.
From the article Trichocolletes leucogenys on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The body length is about 12–13 mm. The eyes are hairy. Colouration is mainly black and brown, with narrow silver metasomal bands, and with orange and white hair.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in south-western Australia. The type locality is Dryandra State Forest, 27 km north-west of Narrogin.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Chorizema racemosum, Daviesia aphylla, Daviesia brevifolia, Daviesia costata, Daviesia decurrens, Gastrolobium parviflorum and Jacksonia compressa.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
In human culture
The specific epithet leucogenys (Greek: 'white cheeks') refers to the dense, white, facial hair of the male.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 897152.